Magnae Britanniae notitia: or, the present state of Great Britain. With diverse remarks upon the ancient state thereof / by John Chamberlayne.

  • Chamberlayne, Edward, 1616-1703.
Date:
1737
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Credit: Magnae Britanniae notitia: or, the present state of Great Britain. With diverse remarks upon the ancient state thereof / by John Chamberlayne. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Girdles, Hoods, Masks, Looking-Glaffes, Watches, Pictures* Medals, Cabinets, Cafes, Bracelets, Tablets, and otherToys, 150,000/. per Annum, Paper ioo>ooo/. per Annum, Houf- hold-ftuff, as Beds, Matrefl'es, Coverlets, Hangings, Fringes, p'c, 100,000/. per Annum, Brandy, Sider, Vinegar, Ver¬ juice, c?c. 100,000 /. per Annum, Caftle-Soap, Honey, Al¬ monds, Olives, Capers, Prunes, ctv. 150,000/. per Annum, Puis, Needles, Boxand Tortoile-fhell Combs, err, 20,000 /„ per Annum, perfumed and trimmed Gloves, 10,000/. per Annum. Fine Ironmongers Ware, 40,000 /. per Annum, All which, befides Salt, Cork, Rofia, and other Things to a great Value, amount to 2,540,000/. per Annum. Now, though it is poffible Mr. For trey might reckon the Over-balance of the French Trade much greater than truly it was, (inCe at the very fame Time the French eftimated the Over-balance on theEnglifh Sideh yet, doubtlefs, the Nation loft yearly by the French Trade a considerable Sum. And at the fame Time, all the Commodities exported out of England into France, as Woollen Cloth, Serges, knit Stock¬ ings, Lead, Pewter, Allom, Coals, o-'c. did not amount to a- bove 1,000,000 /, per Annum. So that the Nation was yearly impoverifhed by the French Trade, almoft 600,000/, per An¬ num. [It is computed that at this Day we lofe 500,000/. an¬ nually by our Trade with France and French Flanders.] Thus our Gold and Silver vyas exported to fetch from thence ftrong Drink and Vanity, to the debauching and emafculating our Bodies and Minds. ( . For the Toys of other Nations we likewife expend great Sums of Money, or leffen our Effects abroad by Bills of Ex¬ change, and that (which is the greateft Shame of all to us) even for the bare Freight, fuffering the Hollanders, Flemings, and Hamburghens, to be, in a manner, the common Carriers between us and all Parts of the World j a Grievance which the Aft of Navigation 12 Car. II. reftrained, by forbidding all Foreigners to import anything hither, but each one the Produff of his own Country. In ancient Times the threat Trade of this Nation conflfted O m m in unmanufactured Wool, which Foreigners coming from all Parts bought of us 5 infomuch that the Cuftoms of Eng- lifh Wool exported in Edward, the Third’s Reign, amounted, at 50*. a Pack, to 250,000/. per Annum, an immenfe Sum of Money in tliofe Days : And that exceffive Cuftom upon unmanufactured Wool, foon gave Encouragement to the making of Cloth here, more effeff.ually than the Laws againft Exportation of Wool are now found tc do: Yet molt of this Wool being lent but juft crofs the Seas, to Flanders, France, or Holland, the Exportation for the molt: part was in very fmali Veffels to what are now in IJfe ; and neither of the Indies being then difeovered by our Merchant?,